In the present investigation we consider a Bianchi type I framework within a generalized quintom scenario, in which the scalar fields define a chiral space with a certain metric \(m_{ab}\)  (so that the fields are not canonical). The exact classical solutions are obtained, then with them we show that the phantom divide line is crossed, and also the initial singularity is avoided by means of a bounce. Moreover, exact quantum solutions will show that the wave function of the universe is damped with respect to the average scale factor. Similar conclusions were made in the corresponding isotropic case [1]}. In the remaining part of this introduction we proceed to describe the generalities of the
chiral cosmology which we will be employing. We consider the following simple case of two scalar fields, a quintessence field \(\phi _1\)  and phantom field \(\phi _2\)  (with their corresponding potential terms) within the chiral cosmology paradigm
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\(\rm {\cal L}=\sqrt{-g} \left( R + m^{ab}\, \xi _{ab}(\phi _c,g^{\mu \nu })+ C(\phi _c)\right) \,, \) 
